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NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine expects to negotiate with the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, but, most likely, the talks will concern the conditions of gas transit through Ukraine, not its purchase for Ukrainian consumers, Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolev told journalists.”Our position is that we are waiting for negotiations with Gazprom, and we hope that...

The State Fiscal Service (SFS) of Ukraine has launched a probe against a citizen of Canada, TV host Savik Shuster and managers of Savik Shuster Studio into tax evasion, the press service of the SFS reports.Shuster has been living in Ukraine since 2005. In 2008, he received an interest bearing loan in the amount of EUR 1.34 million on his foreign...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey has called the ban of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people by Russian occupation authorities an attempt to intimidate the Crimean Tatars, according to Anadolu Agency.Turkey`s Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the decision of the Russian court to ban the activity of the...

UNIAN`s diplomatic source says the move is connected with the uncertainty over the possible consequences of the referendum in the Netherlands on the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement and the forthcoming referendum in the UK.”Yes, the summit is really postponed, but it is not related to the reforms. The thing is that, because of the referenda, it...

A Russian public service announcement started spinning on YouTube ahead of the anniversary of the victory over Nazism, showing a little boy`s ”ghost” sporting a WWII Soviet uniform calling on the modern children to not be afraid to die for Russia.In the clip, a group of modern children confronts a boy in the uniform of a Red Army soldier. The boy...

In the case of a Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash, Austrian law enforcers are active due to new allegations. A manager of a German consulting company, Christina W., who had allegedly been working for Firtash, was arrested on suspicion of having bribed Austrian officials, according to the Austrian-based Der Standard citing the local APA news...

Kyivenergo energy generating company, which supplies electricity and heat to consumers in the Ukrainian capital, reported a net loss of UAH 51.4 million in January-March 2016, which is 14.7% more than in the same period of 2015, according to the company`s press service.”Such financial result of Kyivenergo in the first quarter of 2016 is mainly...

Donetsk terrorists are spreading false information about the alleged shelling of the checkpoint near the temporarily occupied village of Olenivka by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said the head of the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters, Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk, Ukraine`s TSN news service reports.According to...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman while opening the government meeting on Wednesday said that these solutions require amendments to the law on 2016 State Budget.Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine intends to increase from May 1 social standards by 10% instead of 6% previously planned by Arseniy Yatsenyuk`s government, Groysman said.The...

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers intends today to decide on the price of gas for the households in accordance with its market value.The Cabinet of Ministers intends to establish uniform gas price for the households at the level of UAH 6,879 per 1,000 cubic meters, said Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, opening a government meeting.He specified...